Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 2-35 Number of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The number of MSD cases declined from 784,145 in 1992 to 522,528 in 2001. As a percentage of all nonfatal injury and illness cases, MSD cases remained relatively stable between 1992 and 2001, ranging from a low of 33.6% in 1992 to a high of 34.0% in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
2		Figure 2-43 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Operators, fabricators, and laborers accounted for 40.8% of all MSD cases involving days away from work in 2001. Comparisons between MSD cases and nonfatal injuries and illnesses by occupational groups indicate only small differences. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
3		Figure 2-44 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by industry, 2001. Manufacturing (22.9%) and services (25.8%) accounted for about half of all MSD cases in 2001. Distributions of MSD cases are notably different from distributions of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses by industry sector, with the greatest differences in services, construction, manufacturing, and retail trade. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
4		Figure 3-39 Percentage of farm workers reporting at least one health condition during the preceding 12 months by years in U.S. farm work, 1999. In 1999, the percentage of farm workers reporting at least one health condition (respiratory, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, or gastrointestinal) during the preceding 12 months increased gradually with years of farm work. The lowest percentage (19%) was reported for farm workers with less than 1 year of work experience in U.S. farming. The highest percentage (34%) was reported for farm workers with more than 10 years of U.S. farm work. (Sources: DOL [2001]; Steege and Baron [2002].)
5		Figure 3-40 Percentage of farm workers reporting joint or muscle pain in at least one body part during the preceding 12 months by years in U.S. farm work, 1999. In 1999, the percentage of workers reporting joint or muscle pain in the back, shoulder, elbow/arm, hand/wrist, or legs/feet ranged from 11% for those in their first year of U.S. farm work to 19% for workers with more than 10 years of this work. (Sources: DOL [2001]; Steege and Baron [2002].)
6		Figure 3-41 Percentage of farm workers reporting joint or muscle pain in at least one body part during the preceding 12 months by crop category last worked, 1999. The percentage of farm workers reporting joint or muscle pain in 1999 is highest (20%) among those working in multiple crop categories and lowest (11%) among horticulture workers. An average of 15% of workers in vegetables, fruits and nuts, and field crops reported joint or muscle pain. (Sources: DOL [2001]; Steege and Baron [2002].)
7		Figure 4-28 Rates of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in construction and private industry by selected ergonomic events or exposures, 2001. Injuries and illnesses associated with ergonomic events or exposures made up 26.5% (49,237 of 185,662) of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in the construction industry in 2001. The rate of bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting injuries in construction was 15 per 10,000 full-time workers-nearly double the rate of 8 for all private industry that year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b,c]; Dong et al. [2004].)

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